The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the ...

As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas ...

Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis nevertheless blessed the baby Jesus figurines children and ad ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember the victims of the Dec. 20 Christmas mark ...

The cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who work in the Roman Curia are called to spread the blessings of God, but they cannot do that if they habitually speak i ...

Pope Francis praised Catholics who support the Pontifical Mission Societies' work with the poor and those on the margins of society, saying such assistance is a concrete expressi ...

Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate whether the current war in Gaza constitutes a gen ...

On the Sunday after Christmas, the Archdiocese of Boston will join the Holy Father and the rest of the Catholic Church in celebrating a Jubilee Year, titled ...

Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia attend an Advent reflection led by Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, the new preacher of the papal household, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, ...

NORTH READING -- Maureen McRae arrived at St. Theresa Parish in North Reading at 8:40 a.m. on the foggy morning of Dec. 10, her well-loved Roman Missal clutched close to her chest. As she does every ...